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William Herschel’s Russian Telescopes (2016)

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William Herschel made reflecting telescopes for sale throughout Europe. The second-largest was a 20-ft with a 12-in mirror commissioned by Catherine the Great of Russia for the astronomers of the St Petersburg Academy. The Academy unfortunately opted to have the mounting made locally (in which case the price was halved), but this proved beyond them. They therefore asked Herschel to supply the complete instrument. This he did but only after many delays, and as a result of turmoil both within the Academy and in the nation as a whole, the reflector was never put to use.

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Authors & Contributors
Abaydulova, Anna G.
Bradleya, Robert E.
Cunningham, Clifford J.
Ermolaeva, Natalja S.
Gordin, Michael D.
Hoskin, Michael A.
Journals
Istoriko-Biologicheskie Issledovaniia
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Acta Baltica historiae et philosophiae scientiarum
Almagest
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Publishers
Ashgate
Elsevier
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Astronomy
Zoology
Science and society
Telescopes
Cartography
People
Pallas, Peter Simon
Catherine II, Empress of Russia
Euler, Leonhard
Herschel, William
Baer, Karl Ernst von
Banks, Joseph
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Russia
St. Petersburg (Russia)
Siberia (Russia)
England
Institutions
St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Great Britain. Royal Navy
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